Example sentences of "[verb] [Wh adv] you [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know 'ow you can talk like that to a girl that 's twenty-one . ’ |
| 2 | In Chapter Seven I 'll consider how you can raise your visibility , whether it 's at work , as an entrepreneur or in your community . |
| 3 | For each of the situations below , write a short passage explaining how you would deal with it . |
| 4 | It will , of course , be located somewhere so obscure that Dougie Donnelly will be required to voice-over a map on a television commercial explaining how you can get there with the family this Sunday . |
| 5 | And so there 's a tremendous onus upon your good selves , to highlight the experience if you like and expertise you have of spotting problems , and explaining how you will get around then within the given fee-bid . |
| 6 | But I 'd like to know how you would plan your life if you were a Struldbrug . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I have been slightly , and I emphasise the slightly , intrigued to know how you would proceed with your seduction . ’ |
| 8 | I think it 's wrong to underestimate erm i i it 's particularly initially , how , how positively reinforced it can , it can be around you erm , just this the idea of losing weight and that er you know , people will be wha , for whatever reasons are , either envious or they want to know how you can do it , they want to know , and particularly if it 's linked with exercise then it 's all very good things to do and you know , the media 's telling you and a , everyone 's telling that this healthy lifestyle that actually then goes out of control through being so controlled erm e e , there 's a , well there 's a thin line between it , being a very positive experience , and you 're suddenly buying smaller jeans and erm you know , it 's just everything is is feeding , if that 's the right word , this idea that it , that that it 's tremendous to be |
| 9 | I said I do n't know how you dare sit there and say you have n't paid that Alice , she 's paid a fiver I says I 'd be ashamed , I said I wish mine was only that , so she phoned up to make arrangements to pay it a pound a week thirty two pound , that 's all hers is Wendy , for the year |
| 10 | Not until it happens to you can you know how you 'll react . |
| 11 | Even the boring days outside when it 's raining and you 've finished the paper and you do n't know how you 'll last till bedtime are days to savour , compared to drying up in a cell . |
| 12 | I do n't know how you 'll suppose to learn to get an interview |
| 13 | would n't you , I do n't know how you 'll get round it |
| 14 | Now do you know how you would fix that ? |
| 15 | Yeah but I know what he means when he says he ca n't and I said to him I said ooh I feel a bit out of sorts this morning , sort of I do n't know how you must feel having to go to work . |
| 16 | Also of course I did n't know how you 'd feel about it . ’ |
| 17 | I did n't know how you 'd feel about leaving Nicky , but after this I suppose … ’ |
| 18 | You see I think if I I 'm trying to en envisage it , if you are erm you , you live in an area and er there have been some er outbreaks of violence of , you know , a nasty nature , some people have been killed , there 's been sort of erm disruption and er and so on , I do n't know how you 'd feel , I think you may feel erm a bit concerned about this , you 'd see things breaking down and you would n't see quite where it 's going to , to lead . |
| 19 | I do n't know how you 'd define it … . ’ |
| 20 | I do n't know how you 'd describe that but it 's er it 's got all the features of an innocent little blob . |
| 21 | I do n't know how you 'd put it , but if this is how ‘ paternity ’ feels , then I 'm happy to feel ‘ paternal ’ . |
| 22 | He pointed at Mr Major and demanded : ‘ I do not know how you can sit there as Prime Minister of a Government that is capable of deceit on such a scale . |
| 23 | I do not know how you can hope to investigate crime effectively , without the assistance of the superior sex ! |
| 24 | I just do n't know how you can finish that title now . |
| 25 | I do n't know how you can swallow that bugger ! |
| 26 | ’ I do n't know how you can watch it like that . |
| 27 | The other day , in America , the driver of my car said : ‘ I do n't know how you can leave her , ’ and I felt like smacking him in the face . |
| 28 | Because , if so , I do n't know how you can stand the pace ! ’ |
| 29 | As he sat pale-faced and impassive , she screamed : ‘ I do n't know how you can hide behind your solicitor and say absolutely nothing . ’ |
| 30 | Ugh I do n't know how you can drink the stuff , it 's ugh . |